Job summary
Employer heading
Clinical Lead Physiotherapist – Paediatrics
Band 8a
We provide healthcare services to people living in Bridgend, Merthyr Tydfil and Rhondda Cynon Taf county borough areas, serving a population of around 450,000. We are ideally situated between Wales’s capital city, Porthcawl to the west, and the stunning scenery in the Brecon Beacons.
Our vision is to care for our communities and patients by preventing ill-health, promoting better health, providing excellent services and reducing the need for inpatient care wherever possible through the provision of strengthened home, primary and community care.
We value the diversity of our staff and welcome applications from people from protected groups under the Equality Act 2010, this specifically includes age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/reassignment, race/nationality, religion/belief, disability, pregnancy and maternity and marriage and civil partnership.
Cwm Taf Morgannwg is a Living Wage Employer.
Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.
All applicants are invited to apply in Welsh or English, and no preference will be given to applications submitted in either language.
Please be advised that there is a temporary top up for Bands 1,2 and 3 to reflect the incorporation of the top up to the living wage of £12 per hour - £23,465 per annum. This temporary top up will be in place until the annual pay uplift for 2024/25 is confirmed
Job overview
Cwm Taf Morgannwg UHB Physiotherapy Service has a rare opportunity for the right person. We are looking for an innovative and self-motivated clinician to provide expert clinical leadership for physiotherapy across paediatric services.
This new and exciting role of Clinical Lead Physiotherapist - Paediatrics will be providing expert assessment and treatment for a variety of paediatric conditions.
The post holder will be in a key position of influence and will require excellent leadership skills; be committed and hard-working; be a good communicator and a team player.
Main duties of the job
Working closely with the Physiotherapy Professional Manager for Paediatrics you will be responsible for developing defined areas of paediatric physiotherapy. You will input on advancing the departments clinical standards, developing a research portfolio and implementing best practice across paediatric physiotherapy services. You will have a proven track record as a clinical expert in your field; with evidence of an advanced practice portfolio and a high level of clinical competence and leadership qualities.
You will have excellent communication and influencing skills, with experience in supporting education and development of staff. You will hold a caseload of complex patients and provide training, education and clinical supervision. You will act as a role model within the paediatric physiotherapy services across the health board and should demonstrate a high level of integrity. Your role will be focused on driving the development and delivery of high quality, patient-centred clinical pathways across all aspects of children's developmental health which will require you to be flexible and present across the CTMUHB footprint.
The post holder will work alongside the Physiotherapy Leadership Team ensuring sustainability and growth of physiotherapy services and to develop plans that reflect safety, quality, effectiveness and efficiency.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this role; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Working for our organisation
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is part of the NHS Wales family. Our Health Board provides primary, secondary and community health and wellbeing services to around 450,000 people living in three County Boroughs: Bridgend Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf.
We live by our core values:
- We listen, learn and improve
- We treat everyone with respect
- We all work together as one team
We are a proud local employer; around 80% of our 15000 workforce live within our region, making our staff not only our lifeblood of our organisation but of the diverse communities that we serve.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
You will be able to find the job description and person specification attached within the supporting documents.
Person specification
Qualification
Essential criteria
- Degree Physiotherapy
- Post-graduate Clinical Qualification or equivalent
- Leadership/Management qualification or equivalent experience
Desirable criteria
- Teaching and education qualification
- Experience working in specialist clinical/leadership role
Registration
Essential criteria
- HCPC Registered
Experience
Essential criteria
- Evidence of extensive NHS experience in specialist area
- Evidence of experience leading clinically within field
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Welsh language skills are desirable
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Margaret Manton
- Job title
- Assistant Head of Physiotherapy
- Email address
- [email protected]
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